This brief report, highlighting insights from a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) workshop, explores the ways in which the Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP) could advance the noneconomic foreign policy interests of the United States, the European Union (EU), and EU member states. Read the report »

In his latest "Global Economics Monthly," CFR Senior Fellow Robert Kahn analyzes Venezuela's economic and political disintegration and lays out ways the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and China can help the country recover. Read the newsletter »

Yanis Varoufakis, former minister of finance of Greece, discusses the Greek economy, austerity measures in the European Union, and challenges facing the eurozone. Watch the video / Read the transcript »

How a Paris-Style Deal Could Fix the Global Food System

In a Quartz article, CFR Senior Fellow Michael A. Levi and CGS Associate Director of Climate and Resources Lindsay Iversen argue that to help fix the global food system, countries should negotiate a bottom-up deal similar to the Paris Climate Agreement. Read the article »

China's flagship investment project in Pakistan could provide a much-needed economic spark, but significant security and political challenges loom, argue CFR Adjunct Senior Fellow Daniel S. Markey and Research Associate James West in a new Expert Brief. Read the expert brief »

Ahead of the Group of Seven (G7) summit this week, CFR Senior Fellow Sheila A. Smith examines the economic and security challenges that are likely be on the agenda, as well as the symbolism this meeting holds for the United States and Japan. Read the expert brief »

New Book: War by Other Means

CFR Senior Fellows Robert D. Blackwill and Jennifer M. Harris join Director of Studies James M. Lindsay for a lively discussion of War by Other Means, their new book on why the United States must strategically integrate economic and financial instruments into its foreign policy or risk losing ground as a world power. Watch the video or read the transcript »

The "Brexit" debate is heating up, with Britain set to vote next month on whether to exit the European Union. CFR Senior Fellow Sebastian Mallaby analyzed the ramifications of Britain leaving the union in a February 2016 Washington Post op-ed. Read the op-ed »

The contents of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the United States and the EU were leaked earlier this month, sparking criticism from senior European officials and others to question the future of the trade deal. In a June 2015 op-ed in the Europe edition of Politico, CFR Senior Fellow Edward Alden argues that critics of trade deals such as TTIP should view these negotiations as opportunities for governments to not only gain international leverage but also to write and enforce better rules for global trade. Read the op-ed »

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